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Alexander Pirnie papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2905

Scope and content

Files of Alexander Pirnie from his years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Subjects include military servicemen and veterans; Griffiss Air Force Base; employment; NATO; Task Force on Agriculture; Nuclear Affairs Committee; Office of Economic Opportunity; Peace Corps; legislation on a number of issues; Armed Services Committee; Vietnam War; New York State matters; and other political and related concerns. Also includes speeches and correspondence.

Dates

  • 1965-1972,-1965-1970 (bulk).

Creator

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Case files shall be made available only to scholars who agree not to make public the identity of individuals in these files. Reference can be made to individual cases, but only on an anonymous basis..

Biographical / Historical

Alexander Pirnie was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1959 and remained in the House until 1973. He was born in Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, in 1903, and graduated from Cornell University in 1924 and from Cornell Law School in 1926. He served in Europe during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit.

Extent

38 cubic feet. (38 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
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Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)